Cloud & Storage on PYRAX
Cloud and storage underpins every digital workload, but the dominant model concentrates data in a few providers, creating lock-in, egress fees, and single points of failure and censorship. PYRAX pairs with decentralized storage to make data content-addressed and encrypted, provably retrievable, and monetizable per byte: PYRAX Compute runs compute-to-data next to the bytes, escrow settles storage and retrieval per proof, and eth_getProof lets anyone verify a file's integrity and availability.
The market
Source: Fortune Business Insights, 2024. Figures are indicative and provided for context.
What's broken today
How PYRAX transforms it
Concrete network elements mapped to this business.
Content-addressed encrypted storage
Files are encrypted client-side and referenced by content hash, so integrity is self-verifying and the same bytes are addressable across any provider without lock-in.
eth_getProof retrievability proofs
Storage providers commit availability to state, letting clients cryptographically verify a file is stored and retrievable rather than trusting an SLA.
Escrow + per-byte micro-payments
Storage and retrieval settle in metered PYRX against proofs of service, replacing surprise egress bills with transparent, pay-for-what-you-use pricing.
Compute-to-data via PYRAX Compute
Analytics and inference run where the data lives, so large datasets are queried in place — no egress, and results come back with a ComputeReceipt.
Shielded access + viewing keys
Access grants and usage stay private on-chain while viewing keys give a data owner or regulator scoped, auditable visibility into who read what.
Buildathon: dApp ideas
Ship-ready concepts for cloud & storage on PYRAX.
PinProof
01Content-addressed storage layer that anchors each file's hash and proves retrievability via eth_getProof.
MeteredBucket
02Pay-per-byte object store that escrows PYRX and settles storage and retrieval against proofs of service.
QueryInPlace
03Compute-to-data warehouse that runs analytics next to the bytes and returns receipted results.
ShieldDrive
04Encrypted personal drive with viewing-key sharing and immutable access logs.
ReplicaMarket
05Redundancy market where independent nodes bid to hold and prove replicas of critical data.
SovereignVault
06Jurisdiction-aware storage that keeps regulated data in-region with provable placement.
ColdArchive
07Long-term archival with periodic on-chain proofs that cold data is still intact and recoverable.
CDNMesh
08Decentralized CDN that pays edge caches per verified delivery of content-addressed assets.